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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-84410 EUVD-2026-120402GHSA-8gm9-ffj3-h633

apport: Local privilege escalation to root via ldd execution on an attacker-controlled ExecutablePath in automatic crash report processing

Published Nov 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

Description

In apport before 2.37.0, an improper privilege management vulnerability allows an unprivileged local attacker to gain root privileges on systems where automatic crash reporting is enabled. The automatic crash report processing pipeline runs as root and executes ldd on the attacker-controlled ExecutablePath field of a crash file placed in the world-writable /var/crash directory, causing the dynamic loader to load and execute an attacker-supplied audit module specified by the ELF's DT_AUDIT tag. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges and fully compromise the affected system.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Canonical apport 2.9.0 – < 2.37.0 2.37.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS apport No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS apport No fix yet —

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